Krośniewice

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Krośniewice is a town in central Poland. It was first mentioned in literature between 1387 and 1388 ^[1], and was apparently owned by a particular knight at the time, Krośniewice Awdańców. ^[2] Three major roads run through the town: E30, E75, and an unknown road; as does the Ozorków railway line. (^[3]) The town had 3500 residents in 1926. During World War II, like many cities and towns in Poland, it was the site of a Nazi-run ghetto, where many people of Jewish origin died. (1)

Krośniewice's coat of arms are from the Awdaniec clan, which owned the town. (2)

There is also a museum in central Krośniewice, called the Jerzy Dunin Borkowski Museum, which was named after the "Hetman of the Polish Collectors", Jerzy Dunin-Borkowski. (3) This museum contains various important historical artifacts from such figures as Napoleon and Paderewski.